Horrible Histories


11:55 am - 12:25 pm, Sunday, May 3 on CBBC (201)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 6, Episode 5

An episode focusing on the life and career of French military leader and ruler Napoleon Bonaparte, following his rise from humble beginnings to being crowned emperor of France. Plus, the programme meets the Indian traveller who brought shampoo to the world. Guest starring Sanjeev Bhaskar


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Children's/Youth Programmes Comedy General Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

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Jim Howick (Actor) .. Napoleon
Ian Curtis (Director)
Simon Gibney (Director)
Bill Hobbins (Executive producer)
Richard Bradley (Executive producer)
Melissa Hardinge (Executive producer)

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Did You Know..

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Jim Howick (Actor) .. Napoleon
Simon Farnaby (Actor)
Jalaal Hartley (Actor)
Naz Osmanoglu (Actor)
Jessica Ransom (Actor)
Adam Riches (Actor)
Born: December 10, 1979 in Cambridge
Best Known For: His comedy shows.
Early-life: Born December 10, 1979 in Cambridge and raised in Glasgow and London. Adam attended Sutton Grammar School for Boys. After working at Disneyland Paris for a brief time, he studied media and performance at Salford University.
Career: Riches had small roles in such TV series as A Touch of Frost and Always and Everyone before he did his first comedy show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2003 with Jim Johnson. In 2007, he returned to the Fringe with the show Victor and again in 2008 with Alpha Males. His 2011 show, Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches, won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award and was transferred to Soho Theatre in London in 2012. Since then, he has had acting roles on TV, including as Tony in Detectorists and various historical figures in Drunk History: UK and Horrible Histories. His next comedy show, Adam of the Riches, was on at Edinburgh Fringe in 2014. He was also a panelist on an episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and he appeared in the film A Street Cat Named Bob (2016).
Quote: 'There's so much power, fun and uniqueness that you can have in a live performance, something that's happening right there.'
Trivia: He broke his leg while performing Alpha Males after slipping on some yoghurt.
Tom Stourton (Actor)
Sanjeev Bhaskar (Actor)
Born: June 28, 1964 in Ealing
Best Known For: The Kumars at No 42.
Early-life: Born on June 28, 1964, in Ealing, London, to Asian immigrants living in Hounslow. He gained a degree and worked in marketing for seven years, writing monologues and sketches as a hobby. After realising he didn't like working in an office, he began performing comedy routines in clubs. His friend, musician Nitin Sawhney, encouraged him after the duo realised nobody was doing stand-up about being Asian and British. They formed a double act called The Secret Indians (Non-Asian) in 1996.
Career: As Bhaskar and Sawhney's stage act grew in popularity they were noticed by the producer of sketch show The Real McCoy, who introduced Bhaskar to Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia and Meera Syal - who then formed the Goodness Gracious Me team. It began on radio, before making its TV debut in 1998. It was an instant success. Since then, he's appeared in Notting Hill, The Guru, Anita and Me, and cult chat-show The Kumars at No 42. He's also starred in the West End in long-running hit Art and visited his ancestral home in what is now Pakistan during the travelogue India with Sanjeev Bhaskar. Other acting gigs include sitcom Mumbai Calling and daytime drama The Indian Doctor.
Quote: 'Most of my characters are based on truth. The Kumars at No 42 are basically my parents.'
Trivia: He married actress Meera Syal in 2005. They have a son, Shaan.
Ian Curtis (Director)
Simon Gibney (Director)
Bill Hobbins (Executive producer)
Richard Bradley (Executive producer)
Melissa Hardinge (Executive producer)

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